Obs. rare; also -placity. [ad. late L. beneplacit-um (see Vulgate Eph. i. 9) good pleasure, f. bene well + placitum pleased, pa. pple. of placēre to please, as adj. ‘pleasing, acceptable.’ (In the two unauthorized edd. of Religio Med. of 1642, beneplacity; which Blount inserted in his Glossogr.)] Good pleasure, gracious purpose.
1643. Sir T. Browne, Relig. Med., 130. The cause of my salvation, which was the mercy and beneplacit [edd. 1642 beneplacity] of God.
1656. Blount, Gloss., Beneplacity, that which pleaseth well, good liking.
1658. Phillips, Beneplacitie.
